By Eric B. Meyer Inconsistent discipline is bad. But, when an employee’s request for leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act precedes the … Read more
Illinois Now Restricts Access To Employees’ Social Networking Sites
By Peter Gillespie Last March, the Illinois legislature passed an amendment to the Illinois Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act. This bill was signed on … Read more
NLRB’s Ruling Undercuts Integrity of HR’s Workplace Investigations
By Eric B. Meyer HR heads are still spinning as they try to digest what the National Labor Relations Board has tried to accomplish this year. The … Read more
Are the Days of China’s Low Labor Costs Coming to a Close?
By Annie Lau With various reports touting China’s economic slowdown, China still experienced 7.6 percent growth in the second quarter of 2012. While … Read more
Can an Employee Wear Religious Items While on the Job?
By Eric B. Meyer “An employee walks into a hospital wearing a Jesus lanyard…” Well, they can’t all begin with a priest, minister … Read more
Here’s What Happens When the HR Manager Writes Smoking Gun Emails
By Eric B. Meyer Documentation is good; smoking-gun emails from the HR Manager not so much. In Phillips v. StellarOne Bank, the performance of a once … Read more
Former Unpaid Intern’s Lawsuit Gets Approval For Class Action Status
By John E. Thompson As we reported earlier, a former Harper’s Bazaar unpaid intern is pursuing a lawsuit against publisher the Hearst Corporation in … Read more
Political Speech in the Workplace: Employers Beware
By D. Albert Brannen With a presidential election on the horizon, everyone seems to have strong opinions about the candidates and issues. Inevitably, these … Read more
Nasty Racial Slurs in the Office? Court Says They Don’t Prove Bias
By Eric B. Meyer What if I told you that a female black employee was called “monkey” and “nappy head Raggedy Ann” at work? What if … Read more
Court Rejects Enforcement of FLSA Breast Milk Break Requirement
By John E. Thompson An Iowa federal court has dismissed a worker’s claim which alleged that her employer failed to comply with the federal Fair Labor … Read more